Crimson Fox
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| Crimson Fox | |
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 Crimson Fox from the cover of Justice League Europe #23. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Justice League Europe #6 (September 1989) |
| Created by | Keith Giffen Bart Sears |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | - Vivian D'Aramis - Constance D'Aramis - Unknown |
| Team affiliations | (Vivian, Constance) Justice League Europe Justice League Université Notre Dame des Ombres (Unknown) Global Guardians Justice League Europe |
| Notable aliases | Red Fox, Le Renarde Rousse |
| Abilities | (Vivian, Constance) Animal speed and agility, pheromone control (Constance) Enhanced senses (Unknown) Pheromone control |
Crimson Fox is a codename for two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Publication history
[edit]The first two holders of the Crimson Fox moniker first appeared in Justice League Europe #6 and were created by Keith Giffen and Bart Sears. Identical twins, Vivian and Constance D'Aramis shared the role of Crimson Fox to allow each something of a normal life, although Vivian was much more enthusiastic about their superheroic life. Crimson Fox originally appeared as part of Justice League Europe.[1]
The unrevealed Crimson Fox first appeared in Green Lantern vol. 4 #11.
Fictional character biography
[edit]Vivian and Constance D'Aramis
[edit]The sisters ran Revson, a major Parisian perfume company (which may perhaps explain the origin of their pheromone powers). To make their heroic actions easier, they faked Constance's death, so that one of them could operate as Crimson Fox (La Renard Rouge or La Renard Rousse in French)[a] while the other attended business functions. Readers of her/their comic book appearances could easily tell the difference between the two due to Vivian's more pronounced French accent. She was also always portrayed as a more carefree and outgoing woman than her sister. Both sisters (first Vivian, and later Constance) fell in love with fellow hero Metamorpho.[1]
The first two Crimson Foxes are deceased. Vivian D'Aramis met her fate at the hands of French supervillain Puanteur in Justice League International #104 (October 1995). Puanteur died in the same issue. When the Justice League Europe team was reformed as La Fraternité de Justice et Liberté, the team did not know that member Icemaiden had been surreptitiously replaced by the daughter of supervillain The Mist. This new Mist killed three members of the team, including slitting Constance D'Aramis' throat, in Starman (vol. 2) #38.[3][1]
Unrevealed
[edit]One Year Later in the pages of Green Lantern (vol. 4) #11, (June 2006), it was revealed that a new woman has taken the mantle of the Crimson Fox, again operating as a French superhero in Paris. She was unwillingly pressed into service and membership by the Global Guardians, who intended to pursue Green Lantern.[4]
The new Crimson Fox told Hal Jordan that she is the heiress to the D'Aramis fortune, though her specific relationship to Vivian and Constance, as family or otherwise, remains unknown.
Powers and abilities
[edit]The original Crimson Fox twins had superhuman speed and agility and could emit pheromones that stimulated intense sexual attraction in men. Their gloves were equipped with deadly steel talons. After Vivian's death, Constance retreated into her animal persona and developed enhanced senses.
The new Crimson Fox has a similarly equipped costume as the previous version and seems to possess identical pheromone powers.
In other media
[edit]Television
[edit]- An unidentified Crimson Fox makes non-speaking appearances in Justice League Unlimited as a member of the Justice League.[citation needed]
- An unidentified Crimson Fox appears in Powerless, portrayed by Atlin Mitchell in the pilot episode "Wayne or Lose" and by Deanna Russo in subsequent episodes.[citation needed]
Merchandise
[edit]The Vivian D'Aramis incarnation of Crimson Fox received an action figure in Mattel's Justice League Unlimited toyline as part of a six-pack.[citation needed] Mattel planned to release individual figures of Crimson Fox, but the line was cancelled.[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Crimson Fox", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 90, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
- ^ Cronin, Brian (November 17, 2005). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #25!". CBR.
Ever wonder why JLE translated 'La Renard Rouge' (the Red Fox) as the Crimson Fox even though there is nothing crimson about her...? When the character first appeared there was already a British b/w indie comic book ... called Redfox. When La Renard Rouge first appeared, one of the characters identified her as The Red Fox and they guys who did Redfox were concerned about copyright issues since they'd already had one character blatantly hijacked by Marvel when a thinly disguised Demon Queen [from Redfox] appeared in Alpha Flight under the name of Dreamqueen. Anyhow, on this occasion they had some inside help ... Neil Gaiman..., and he went and had a quiet chat with the editor of JLE. Result: La Renard Rouge is forever after mistranslated and nobody says why.
- ^ Starman, vol. 2, no. 38 (January 1998). DC Comics.
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Global Guardians", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 138, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
